and what further steps need to be taken to join the european union? you think should we focus our efforts? i could answer this question for hours, because these are not just a few steps, they are a whole set of measures that a country must take to join the european union. most of them are technical, but they also involve numerous changes to the legislation. in estonia, the process of joining the european union lasted almost seven years. for ukraine, the situation is complicated by the war and the financial difficulties associated with it. however , what i see gives rise to great optimism. the ukrainian parliament is very quickly adopting the necessary reforms and laws. i am sure that ukraine will be able to become a member of the european union faster than we managed to do. however, there is still a lot of work ahead. every area must be brought into line with eu norms and standards. it involves the adoption of the entire body of european union legislation. fortunately, you have many friends in europe who are ready to help. most eu countries have chose

the opposition did not accept this result, and the european union accused the ruling party of electoral fraud and demanded a re-election. representatives of the ruling party also suspended georgia's accession to the union in response to this position of the european union. this action was met with protests from supporters of the european union. and those who oppose georgia's pressure and sanctions to return to the previous process are demanding that we discuss this issue with mr. seyyed ahmad hosseini , a media activist living in georgia . mr. hosseini, hello to you . first of all, let me tell you that the demonstrators in georgia are demanding that their country join the european union and are demonstrating against their government, which has suspended its accession to the european union . in your opinion, considering that the government has just been voted in by the people, what percentage of the people do these demonstrators constitute? are these the same people who are calling for the president to join the european union ? the president did not vote or not, other people also joined

the answer could be the accelerated accession of ukraine to the european union, when in principle a lot of issues will then be resolved by themselves. well, as they say, our friends, they will get me vague doubts about the speed of ukraine's entry into the european community. listen, but in principle, when i look, it seems to me that the mass departure of syrians is in favor of ukraine. ukrainians, yes, well, because jobs are becoming vacant, these jobs need to be filled, there are ukrainians here, that is, this migration story, it is in principle, this is another benefit for ukraine, the overthrow of this assad, do i understand correctly? well, you know, uh, if you really look at the labor market, yes, the european union, there is a very many. studies that indicate that by 2030, by 2050 , this need for highly qualified personnel, it will only increase, that is, now it is very important for the european union that qualified personnel, they do not just remain, yes, but they, in fact, develop professionally, because this directly affects the overall economy. the european union, accordingl

we heard esterda of the european union. we heard yesterday from — of the european union. the _ of the european union. we heard yesterday from the georgian - yesterday from the georgian president, and she said she will now not be stepping down at the end of her term, not be stepping down at the end of herterm, calling not be stepping down at the end of her term, calling the current parliament illegitimate. what do you make of that? do you think she could face risks? ~ ., . ., , make of that? do you think she could face risks? ~ ., _, , , face risks? well, of course she could. face risks? well, of course she could- right — face risks? well, of course she could. right now, _ face risks? well, of course she could. right now, what - face risks? well, of course she could. right now, what is - face risks? well, of course she - could. right now, what is emerging are two— could. right now, what is emerging are two governments. you've got the government— are two governments. you've got the government of georgian dream, which is claiming _ government of georgian dream, which is clai

all this is also mentioned in the document, and finally the european. unionects some progress from the next summit on the reconstruction of ukraine, which is being held in italy in june 2020. these are the main theses and conclusions of the european council on ukraine, which were approved today. thank you, duzh tetyana. tetyana vasotska, our correspondent in the european institutions from brussels. well, here in kyiv we say that we will return to the eter literally in a blink of an eye. stay with us. thank you for waiting, the great eter is returning, let me remind you that my name is vasyl zemai, now it's time to talk about the events that took place outside our country. yuriy fizar is already next to me. yuriy, good evening, please, the world about ukraine. good evening to you vasyl, good evening to everyone who joined us. at this time. today i will tell you, in particular , about this. anthony blinken, this is the secretary of state of the united states of america, said that russia did not want to talk to the united states about ukraine for two years. grea

considered elements of hybrid warfare, not just against ukraine, but also against the entire european union, accordingly, we can also expect decisions from both european countries and nato member countries. ugh. in addition, the meeting with rutte will actually be important. and rutte is not only the person who currently heads nato and is guided by these processes, he also knows the situation in europe very well, because in fact he took office not so long ago, what should we expect from this, especially in the context of the fact that nato is now taking over the support that was previously provided by the united states of america, and if, if trump does come up with something and proposes to the states to reduce their influence and their status in nato, then all these powers will fall on europe in quotes? in fact, this is the decision that you said that nato will take over the coordination of enhanced military assistance to ukraine. this decision has been prepared for a long time, it has been prepared mr. rutte's predecessor, mr. rutte, also supports this decision, and the new secretary gene

this involves adopting the entire body of european union legislation.tunately, you have many friends in europe who are ready to help. most eu countries have chosen one or two areas in which they offer their support to ukraine. moreover, you already have many allies within the european union who are helping you prepare for this important process. i understand who you are talking about and i fully i agree that we have many friends outside ukraine who are actively helping us to get closer to eu membership. at the same time, i realize that without doing our homework here in ukraine, this will become impossible. as a citizen of ukraine, i believe that corruption remains one of the key obstacles on the way to eu accession. based on your experience when estonia was working on joining the european union, what advice would you give us to overcome this problem and successfully go through this difficult path. i would like to note that the supreme. rights, protection of fundamental rights and effective anti-corruption policy are key issues that are important all ov

, because the enlargement of the european union - this is a challenge, including for the europeanon itself, what internal rules should be in place for this union to be effective, and these discussions, now all the institutions of the european union have been renewed and updated after the elections to the european parliament, the forecast was more pessimistic, the eurosceptics failed to seize actual power in the european union, and the same orban, he created a faction there of his own kind, but this is far from a key faction, and it cannot fundamentally change its position and influence the policy of the european union, but it, she is annoying. look, it's from the inside, they can't have much influence, but explain then, it 's because of the fact that putin threatened and then shelled kyiv, it's because of this that the united states of america went to meet putin and the kremlin regime, i'm talking about what the turkish minister of energy has already confirmed, and bloomberg is talking about it today, the us lifted part of the sanctions. from gazprom bank so that it would be easie

we will commit to 90% — european union. we will commit to 90% of— european union.including the agend tojoin the 2028, georgia's bid tojoin the european union, you have stolen your government, has stolen their european dream, their european future and violated the constitution here which states that all constitutional bodies in georgia should take all measures to ensure the full integration of georgia in the european union. people feel betrayed. can you understand that? , , , that? the response is very clear. that? the response is very clear- we _ that? the response is very clear. we have _ that? the response is very clear. we have not - that? the response is very - clear. we have not suspended anything _ clear. we have not suspended anything. we had delayed the integration. the opposition leaders. _ integration. the opposition leaders, the media outlets, they— leaders, the media outlets, they are _ leaders, the media outlets, they are just lying to these peorrle _ they are just lying to these people. it has not been suspended the european integration of georgia, we

estonia before it was accepted into the european union.did not face serious problems, although, of course, there were certain challenges associated with issues of national minorities and their rights. at that time, we had a very competent chief negotiator, and thanks to his professionalism, as well as the hard work of the team, we managed to overcome these difficulties. there were no significant problems in any specific area that would have become a serious obstacle. you have already mentioned national minorities. are russians considered a national minority in estonia? no, we have other peoples who are considered national minorities. we have belarusians and many other nationalities living in estonia. and... speaking of russians, from the words of my daughter, who now lives in estonia, i understood that many russian-speaking estonians do not want to integrate into estonian society, learn estonian or, as they might put it, become estonians, is that really the case? of course, among russian-speaking estonians there are still those who do not

statements of concern also from kaya kyle us, the new hi representative for foreign policy in the european union, but of the rules of other european countries. apart from that phone cool, we've only seen victor old bond travel that and basically congratulate mr. yvonne, it should be the he's a friend of his. so what do we make of how europe is positioning itself to what stores are right now? well, i, i think europe is severely distracted and not paying enough attention to what's happening now. because georgia is it pivots, it'll country in the region, and it's a pivotal country for, for europe as well. and not only if we look at the caucasus region that all to be young to send to asia and, and what i think is, was overdue. the dot president my call called but i think of the european leaders should call as well. and the european union should get involved more strongly. i understand, of course, that the european union was in a state of transition over the past weeks and months. but now the new commission to definitely get engaged and not let russia basically organize the field and, and the politic

the european... union the european investment bank helped build the colossus, so they decided to support the construction of the stadium in partnership with the united nations development program and in cooperation with local authorities. deaf karatekas demonstrate their sporting successes, among them 8-year-old innesa prikazyna, who was born and raised in a family of olympic champions, won her... medal at the deaflympics in brazil and proves by her example that nothing is impossible. when i was little, i watched all our deaflympics championships, i saw this sport, my heart told me that this was my path, and i followed the call of my heart, they try, they feel better than even a hearing athlete, and... they are responsible. ukraine will be built by young professionals, so even in times of war it is necessary to ensure their safe and free access to education. our european partners are convinced of this. therefore, the european union's support for education and youth is growing, and one of the strong focuses

europe stands in solidarity with ukraine, and the european union provides it with significant support. everyone understands that in ukraine, kona is worth a lot, and the result of this... rules-based and will create a new architecture of european security, not only for the coming years, but perhaps for decades, that's true, we know a lot about the financial, military and humanitarian. could you tell us more about this it-coalition, what has been achieved so far? yes, of course, as i already mentioned, we are a relatively small country, but we are committed to helping ukraine in every possible way... considering that estonia is a leader in the field of digital technologies, we also actively support ukraine in this direction. in particular, estonia is part of the it coalition and one of the donor countries of the tallinn mechanism. recently , we organized a high-level event in kyiv within the framework of this mechanism. the event included three-day cyber training aimed at strengthening cybersecurity and exchanging experience in this crisis. here in kyiv? yes, we organized it together w

and it looks like russia traditionally unders to the value of georgia to the european union, better than many european countries themselves. for instance, george's international faction as a breach between the white or black sea region and the wider casting, ah, see region the central asian region. so rich with the resources. so rich with huge untapped economic potential. and georgia is basically the link, the only link between these 2 vast regions that would gain div access to central asian nations toward the european markets. the old site, brushing control or outside the running control and the same same goes for the european union. we are the way of reaching out to these nations and how this would help further diversify, energy imports and in the health center of energy security. oh, they are in union. there's 2 and i cannot tell. but to connect again was to the, the record. this is not a football star, georgia has many football stars. he's not one of them is a form of mediocre football her place in, in russia. okay. while he played and i, i the, if he was the best of football say i t

, well, in the european union they don't always say things that are not desirable to tell the moscow fuhrer, but at nato meetings, especially in the current situation, a lot of important things are reported, which is understandable to me, because of people like fico, orban are becoming very well-known in moscow very quickly, this is a problem from my point of view, and as for... assessments who is who in this situation, i still see that those who are needed, i'm not saying in general , they are actually already able to realize and answer the question. andriy yermak, head of the office of the president of ukraine, mr. roman, said in an interview with the public that ukraine is not ready for negotiations with the aggressor country russia on ending the war in the context of strong competing positions, let's listen to what yermak said. we don't have enough weapons, we don't have enough status, which we say we really need an invitation to nato, and an understanding of clear guarantees that would secure us, and so that we would be sure that this would never happen again, and putin would no

, and they are protesting against their government for joining the european union. in your opinion, considering that the government has just received a vote from the people , what percentage of the people do these demonstrators constitute ? are these the same people who did not vote for the president or not? other people also joined the demonstrators and they share the same opinion on the issue of joining the european union . hello and good evening to you and all the viewers of the news network. i would like to inform you that the issue that we need to raise now regarding our neighborhood and these events that are happening, now with the issue that you raised in fact, this new range of events begins when the european union issues a resolution , a resolution that imposes sanctions on key georgian officials. from the dream party, the prime minister, the mayor of tbilisi, the head of the ruling party and their georgian dream, and then immediately two hours after that , the ruling party, the prime minister , said in a televised statement that now that they are issuing a

but certainly there will be a huge effort from european union, not only from the eu budget but also fromow to involve the private sector, the european investment bank. so a collective effort that can strengthen the security pillar of the alliance on the european side. shashank joshi: thank you so much. and one quick follow up of you too, stefano, which is this question of how you balance your responsibilities. you are sitting above a very disparate bloc and in a way that's your strength. you have a very large block bears huge economic powers, regulatory powers, all kinds of things. it also has an obvious diversity of views and we've just seen one member state talk very up close and personal with vladimir putin with ideas that don't resonate as -- viktor orban, of course -- that doesn't resonate very much with a lot of other states who are alarmed and concerned by this. so i guess the question some people may be asking is how do we know europe is united, is europe united and is this a sign of a serious dissonance? does this break european unity in a serious way? stefano sannino: european

the european union and whether the european union is to what extent. fact, he has confidence in all of these, although in fact, for many years i remember that mr. joschka fischer, who the former german foreign minister is from the green party. he said that one of the main reasons, and in fact the determining factor, that we were able to keep our economy stable and among the third and fourth economies in the world was that during this time we had the security umbrella of the united states government over our heads. we did not spend any of our gdp on our military spending, but we had cheap gas from the russian federation. we came here for this purpose and launched pipelines 1 and 2 so that we could turn germany into a hub, in fact, importing cheap gas. the price in moscow compared to. let's convert the us liquid gas now and you look at how america now wants to say that there is no such thing as cheap russian gas. let's buy my gas . i invite you to come to my presence . let's pay your defense costs . let 's take on the cost of doubling our energy producti

at all, although in the evening we say, no-no, we want the european union, but after the europeanhe morning the chairs, yes, on which we will sit there, preferably two for each, this is important. listen, well, after all, i, thanks to mikhail gennadyevich, i will now too, suddenly they ask me, it is unlikely, i will vote, of course, for ukraine's membership in the european union, this will put an end to this, this bloc, in short, in fact there is still a problem with the utilization of the unemployed in europe, not only in latin america, but in europe, there will be quite a lot of them, and sending them to ukraine as mercenaries in europe is seen as a way to relieve the social system, oh my god. denmark ordered greenland to strengthen its defense protection, including with the help of military dog ​​sleds in full union, you understand, the european union will now have to defend greenland, what ukraine? trump said: "if this is a conventional war, if they defend with dog sleds, then attack it is necessary, what is behind the harnessed dolphins, i do not know, but how all the greens

this is when every citizen can promote the values ​​of the european union in their community. is a contribution to our common european future. next is the yuriy kondratyuk poltava polytechnic national university. it occupies a leading position in national and foreign rankings. among the factors of success, the first to be mentioned are eu support, international cooperation and academic mobility with more than 100 educational partners from over 20 countries. and other european union programs. recently, the university , together with its partners, won the european commission competition within the digital europe program and won a grant to create an innovative digital hub. this is another eu project, which poltava university has joined. over the past two years, that is, three semesters, we have sent 34 scientific and pedagogical employees, 169 students studied under credit academic mobility programs to gain international experience, knowledge and opportunities that will help build a strong, independent and prosperous ukraine. the relocated taras shevchenko luhansk national univer

internal security, that is, the european part of nato, strengthening to the extent that the eu, the european unionadually becomes a separate security. force, a separate security alternative, not only in the defense of the european continent, but also in the world, and this is what constantly accompanies, let's say, the first and this second term of macron, these are investments in serious energy projects, that is, france must now transition to 100% dependence on its own energy in the 35th year, this is about nuclear power plants, of course, three huge enterprises in the north of france were openly operating to produce its own batteries, battery components, a search for elements is being conducted all over the world to ensure that the periodic table is provided without chinese and not without chinese e parts, and without taking these same elements from unfriendly countries, that is an entire institution is being built, and it is already operating production, but now... people continue to work hard to make this production autonomous, that is, to transfer it if it is not profitable to produce it some

he's denied that his government is suspending moves to join the european union.king to the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, who's in tbilisi. keep in mind, it was the georgian prime minister's announcement three days ago suspending — until the end of 2028 — georgia's bid tojoin the european union. it was that announcement that has been bringing people onto the streets here since thursday. let's listen to what the prime minister said three days ago. translation: today we have decided not to put the issue i of opening negotiations with the european union on the agenda until the end of 2028. and because the idea ofjoining the eu is so possible with georgians, that decision to suspend accession talks caused shock and anger here. when i asked the prime minister today whether he understood the public mood, he said, "suspension? i didn't talk about that." many of the protesters have said to me that by suspending until the end of 2028 — georgia's bid tojoin the european union, you have stolen your government, has stolen their european dream, their european future a

it is also supported by the european union, like all others, and is being implemented with a focus onfort, economy and european integration, in accordance with european standards. the eu and the european investment bank provided all the necessary support. this modernization will create a modern educational environment that will support a strong, independent and prosperous ukraine. poltava operates relocated luhansk taras shevchenko national university. back in 2020, the educational institution received a grant from the european union. it is one of nine universities that the european union supports. thus, students and employees received housing and decent conditions for continuous and high-quality education in a safe environment, although they admit that they dream of returning. to luhansk, but they do not plan to leave poltava region, there is everything for full-fledged work here and, above all, students who love their university. we managed not only to move twice, survive and recover, but also to embark on the path of sustainable development. so, within the material and technical co

later, already at night at a meeting after official negotiations with other leading states of the european union, they talked with macron, first of all, about the possible deployment of european peacekeepers in ukraine, and... as the french president stated, he had conversations with a number of world leaders and they support the global one, but they did not inform any other details to journalists, because the topic is as if shaky, and before a decision is made , absolutely nothing will be announced, but in the process of ideas it is very, ms. tetyana, and what, and what will be discussed in principle in... in key terms is already known, because we are very i wonder if the great democrats, such as fico slovak and orb, have appeared in the great. have you seen them live ? it's especially interesting that orban exchanged such interesting notes the day before in well, these friends of putin putin vershteyr are already there, in fact , the leaders have just started arriving zelensky is one of the very first orban will definitely be there today because hungary currently holds the presidency of the eu

in 2008usgdp surpassed the european union for the first today. the headline for the report sit asks european leadership to the enhance investment of 800 billion euros per year over the next decade. why because europe has fallen so much behind the united states an indeed other competitors and unless it gets act together and legislate on vitally important subjects but also transform the way the economy works it may fall further behind. this is the other major priority and i think the european union does too. keep in mind that they will play important role. agreement today which i think was mentioned and is very welcome, also comes on the backdrop of massive political problems in europe and in particular mainly france which has been shall we say rather skeptical. you are going to allow sectors to be utilized and making sure that you're able to grow a lot more at the same time, of course, allow for economy which is great to give it long-term structural advantage going forward and therefore would allow this commission to become, the geopolitical commis

, with pumping ukraine with weapons, that i am that the european union is increasingly acquiringtions, and that the european union plays a direct role in providing weapons. experts, when they talk about the formula for peace, truce, they say: " we will not take ukraine into nato" now, as if someone suggested taking it in nato, not long ago, or even 2 years ago, this was not the case, they say, well, the territories that russia controls will remain for russia, excuse me, but can they take these territories from russia? that the course of military actions in ukraine gives them such hope, so it seems to me that we must understand that it is easiest to give up what you do not have and cannot acquire, and i want to pay increased attention to those things that really depend on the collective west, here is the readiness refuse. there are no military forces there yet, so i think that if the question of ukraine's admission to the european union arises, there will be many opponents, this decision will be blocked, because ukraine is now far from being a tasty morsel for the european union,

fascinating battle and — european union. fascinating battle and lots _ european union.f _ european union. fascinating i battle and lots of negotiations ahead. one to watch a day. thanks forjoining us in claiming that for us. do stay are set —— is to stay with us here on bbc news to see how that goes. the fate of tiktok in north america could be decided this week. in a decision due today a federal appeals court is set to say whether or not they uphold an appeal by tiktok over a us law, which demands the social media app is sold by its chinese parent company bytedance. so what can we expect today? that's what i put to social media expert, jasmine enberg earlier. it is not looking good for tiktok right now given the difficult state that it had in september and as mentioned, we are expecting a decision today and there's a lot of different ways that this could shake out. we could see the judges uphold the law in which case tiktok will appeal to the supreme court pretty quickly. we could also see the judges uphold the law but say that it is unfair to tiktok because it is sing

stammayer, by the leaders of france and other european union countries, that we should instead of natoe it. nato or, in parallel with nato , we should look for a joint european army . we need to see what the future developments will be like with the jcpoa and the effectiveness of mr. trump, and in fact, what his approach to the european union will be in terms of both security and economy, so that, based on that european union, especially its economic leader, germany, can implement a tough policy that many, or now germany, depend on, because trump has started this confrontation with europe . we thank mr. dr. neshad, an expert on german issues. here i am standing like a peak. even if it doesn't go , i refuse to speak. listen to the british appreciation of the military who played a role in the attacks on gaza. the british prime minister, on a regional trip to asia and now the baltic countries , appreciated the system. and the weapons of the people of gaza in the massacre and the war in ukraine. after the united states, along with germany, the british government has provided the most milit

the european union is not asking us to discuss russian trade with canada. it was an absolutely arrogant answer. then the president of ukraine yanukovych called his experts, who said that it would not be very good if they. but the customs border with russia would be closed, with the european union, and the russian side would check all goods so that the russian market would not suffer, in november 2013 yanukovych announced that he could not immediately sign the agreement and asked the european union to postpone it until the following year, this was the trigger for the maidan, yes, which was immediately organized, ended in a coup d'etat, for them it was either or, the first coup d'etat took place in ukraine in 2004, when after the second round of the presidential elections viktor won yanukovych. the west made a scandal. put pressure on the constitutional court of ukraine to rule that there should be a third round. the constitution of ukraine says that only two rounds are possible, and the constitutional court of ukraine, under pressure from the west , violated

, she has already said that regardless of the position of the united states, the european union the european union will support ukraine, because it is an investment in the security of the continent, and it does not imagine what could happen if ukraine were to be defeated in this war, meanwhile in the united states congress. you require intelligence to submit a report on what would happen if the united states eventually stops financial and military assistance to us, the report must be submitted. within three months 90 days and it will be mostly open, that's how to understand it, is this an attempt to pressure trump, or is this some kind of preface to the future, really refusal of assistance, you as an experienced diplomat, how do you assess it, it depends, i will be able to assess it, knowing who will submit this report, if this report is submitted by the team that is currently operating in the state department and especially me... the ministry of defense, then this report will be quite eloquent, and it will prove that the united states' refusal to support ukraine threatens the u

the united states, so the additional emphasis is now on our partners, in particular from the european uniond on what we, you know, can count on, so i don't, well, i don't see any such... serious breakthroughs and changes in the behavior of our partners, and at the same time i see that there are efforts by individual leaders of individual countries, well, to consolidate the european part of the nato alliance as much as possible, in order to speak the same language and with the same approaches both in relation to ukraine, and in relation to european security, and in relation to the future of the euro-atlantic alliance itself, and nato. uh, with the united states of america and with the new administration, so today it's such a complex and constant work, which needs to be continued, but i can't say that this work today can bring any extraordinary, specific and extraordinary results in the near future. it was announced, ms. ivanna, that tomorrow french president emmanuel macron will bring to the discussion of the summit of european union leaders the issue of deploying a peacekeeping mission on t

needed gas and needed diversification of supplies, now the european union, after 2019, has declared a decarbonization policy. it is, in fact, following the course of refusing to buy back fuels, including natural gas, and we see, that in principle, now gas consumption in the european union is decreasing, and accordingly, if, and we see that in principle it is quite painless, well, if you don't take into account the jumps in gas prices, we did without supplies of russian gas, which in principle formed the main gas balance of the european union. for a long period, starting from the last century, therefore, especially, now one way or another all these projects would have to pass through the territory of turkey, in europe they are very closely watching what erdogan is there, let's say, years ago and erdogan now are two different erdogans, and they don't really want to change, so to speak, gas supplies from putin's russia to gas supplies via transit through erdogan's turkey. mr. mikhail, but look, if there is, there is a buyout fuel and there is decarbonization, then this means that the p

on joining the european union, although for 12 years before that this government had been saying that our goal was joining the european union, that it was then that the era of universal prosperity would begin for georgia and so on, now suddenly there was such a sharp statement that they were cutting off relations, interrupting negotiations, although the european union itself had announced this long ago, in fact two, three months before these events, why was this done, it's not clear. that is, you think that this was a tactical mistake, it was a tactical mistake, a political technology mistake, i don't know what to call it, but it was a mistake, and it caused a storm of indignation, and even in those circles that were against georgia's entry into any north atlantic structures, and into the same european union , too, because they knew that firstly it was unrealistic, secondly it would not bring anything good to georgia, but they will take... public organizations that have been supported for decades western structures of various kinds, they joined the process, opposition political p

, well, in the european union they don't always say things that are not desirable to tell the moscowrer, but at nato meetings, especially in the current situation, a lot of important things are being reported. which is clear to me, because of people like fitso, orban, they become very quickly known in moscow, this is a problem from my point of view, and as for the assessments, who is, who is in this situation, i still see that those who are needed, i'm not saying in general, they are actually already able to realize and give an answer to the question, andriy yermak, head of the office of the president of ukraine. mr. roman stated in an interview with the public that ukraine is not ready for negotiations with aggressor country of russia regarding the end of the war in the context of strong negotiating positions. let's listen to what yarmak said. we lack weapons, we lack the status that we are talking about, that we really need an invitation to nato, and an understanding of clear guarantees that would provide us and... so that we are sure that this will never happen again, and putin wi

and now the moment has come when this... must be driven out of the eu, and from the european union , from nato, so that he stops eating food earned by someone there at all, because it is obvious that in this situation that you have described, he performs a certain function of an agent of moscow. under the current conditions, this is an imitation, and i cannot call it some serious step in the issues that he voices. whether it concerns, say, the processes of dialogue, or the exchange of prisoners of war, because in fact, the information is on the surface, and everyone knows perfectly well that under the current conditions, it is the kremlin that is blocking these processes, the exchange of prisoners of war, the exchange of the wounded, even the transfer of those who died, who are the parents of children who are asked to return the bodies, thus the activity... this is two-thirds an imitation process, this is the first, second, it is clear that orbán's term of presidency in the eu is coming to an end, and he needs to put something on the table and say, this is what i did, in fact, in add

and - european union. yeah, that is the key question. and i - european union.on. yeah, that is| the key question. and i am not sure for a pivot point right here with this new presidency. obviously, as president salome zourabichvili quite clearly, she has a popular mandate. she has the legitimacy of the public, georgians voted for her. while in contrast, mikheil kavelashvili, he has been appointed by one political party and sworn in in a parliament with an isolated party without any public support, without any public participation and diplomats not present. the contrast between these two presidents is quite clear. ~ ., these two presidents is quite clear. . . . , , , these two presidents is quite clear. . . . ,, , . clear. what happens next? we have seen _ clear. what happens next? we have seen these _ clear. what happens next? we have seen these largely i have seen these largely peaceful protests, but are there fears georgia could once again slide into violence, do you think? i again slide into violence, do you think?— again slide into violence, do you think? a

ago, she is already the european commissioner for security and external relations of the entire european union of all 27 countries, and she is a european commissioner who has a firm position, a very clear vision, i spoke to her again, and she has no doubt that the european union, the united states of america, with the new president, the newly elected, and ukraine will stand together against russian aggression, together to oust the occupiers from our land, there will be no double standards, what else, you know, impressed me so positively in favor of ukraine, was after that we met, friedrich merz was also in parliament, he is a man, the leader of the german opposition, the christian democratic union, but and he is one of the candidates and a candidate who can become the chancellor of germany on february 23 next year, another hawk, another serious politician and... his position is personal from him, what i heard is the unequivocal territorial integrity of ukraine, ukraine is a member of the european union, ukraine without any temporarily occupied territories and with long-range weapons, including

the european union, having the actually occupied part of northern cyprus under control, well , let'so into it now, but not under control, well, part of turkey controls part, and the other part of cyprus, cyprus is not a member of nato, meanwhile, and well , obviously, turkey, which is a member of nato, will veto any application. cyprus to join the north atlantic alliance, but in the case of another, yes, political organization, of course, it is less secure than nato, there is such an example in the case of cyprus, and this is actually what we are talking about when we talk about joining the european union, but again , ukraine will join in any case within internationally recognized borders, even though it does not have control over the entire territory . cyprus has publicly stated that they want to join the alliance, can ukraine and cyprus... be an exception in this situation when joining nato, mr. andriy, well, look, there can be no exceptions here, here are just these hypothetical ideas about accepting part of the territory, they simply require a change to the treaty itself nato the

the question alexey, what alexey said, i would agree with that, but again, in the code of the european unioneuropean community in general, yes, there is this policy, there is this aspiration, and at the roots is this, the aspiration for us to be political community, which shows the whole world an example of how it should be, you laugh, well honestly, well it's a little sad for me to say, i'm a european, i... which we ask europeans, guys, do we understand correctly, i don't have any others here, so to speak, well not just europeans, but members of the european union, let's say it this way, political europeans, here's the question, that is, does the end justify the means? the means now yes, because now there is a perception that we must defend democracy by smiling means later there won't be, remember in the fourth 2004 year was the third third round in ukraine, sergey, sergey, can i make an argument, in 2004 in ukraine there was a third round, from that moment everything fell apart, because the constitutional body of power began to disintegrate, yanukovych could not do anything, just then the

we know that the united states of america denied georgia the status of partnership, the european union actually blocked. direction, well, in response, the government itself, uh, declared that by the end of the 28th year it, so to speak, will not yet conduct negotiations on, on advancing in the european integration direction, that is, joining the european union. we know that there are statements by the leaders of the european union. uh, quite serious, which call on the officials to still hold repeat elections, so for now on this there is no agreement, you know, that's why there are protests among the local population and we'll see if there really is this base in the pro-european opposition , sufficient support among the population to force... the government to make concessions , judge, there are a lot of rumors, some testimonies, some photos too, actually the protesters think that they see among those special forces who are participating in the dispersal of these demonstrations, ah, some non-georgians, that is, these are people of either asian appearance or some kind of slavic or some o

is also mentioned, which is more realistic, poland will begin to chair the european union fromuary 1, 2025, poland will chair the european union for six months, and then ukraine wants to really strengthen, open the first cluster, maybe not even one in. and strengthen their own european integration, and i will remind you, by the way, that in ukrainian sentiments among ukrainians , the number one factor of integration into the european union, the union, ukrainians put security, precisely as a security factor of european integration, so that both the european integration of ukraine and its reality will also work to strengthen ukrainian negotiations, negotiating positions with russia, that you know, that's there, in and you there who in europe is not waiting, no, no, no, they are waiting and waiting, and really, and membership in the eu, this is reality, here is the beginning of the 25th year, and the beginning of the real discovery of clusters, and there are only six of them with the european union, this also strengthens ukrainian positions, makes ukraine stronger and works to ens

ukraine's approach to european countries, and these are, let's say, not requirements, these are european union norms, their green color is precisely an emerald shade, and the way it is indicated at traffic lights, how the arrows are indicated, this is bringing our dstu closer to european standards, i heard that maybe people with color blindness will be better able to distinguish traffic light colors, but i don't know if this... corresponds to reality and is there really a difference between green and emerald for people who have difficulty distinguishing colors, but the question here is, in general, how much state money will be spent to switch to these new standards, and is it really that important now? well, i'm not a representative of the ukrainian auto dollar or i don't manage finances, but in this regard i... i think i can reassure you and the audience, because there is no mandatory transition to this emerald, all traffic lights in the country without exception, after the implementation next year no one will rush to change, and these innovations actually concern the installation of new traf